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Retiring Before You're 40 Is Not What It Seems, And Other Facts, Thousands of New Millionaires Are About to Eat San Francisco Alive, and more.

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CASH OUT AND ABOUT WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Retiring Before You're 40 Is Not What It Seems, And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: ​Why retiring early isn't the escape you think it is, the complicated process of telling someone you love them over text and why home cooked meals can be a red herring. GOOD THING THERE'S NO HOUSING SHORTA— Thousands Of New Millionaires Are About To Eat San Francisco Alive nytimes.com Uber, Lyft, Airbnb and Pinterest plan to go public. California's newly minted rich will be hungry for parties, houses, boats, bikes — and ice sculptures. WORK, GAMIFIED How I Became Addicted To An On-Demand Gig onezero.medium.com I quickly discovered that Postmates was a genius at luring me back online THESE PEOPLE HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY The Fortunes Of The 25 Richest People In The World, Visualized digg.com America has more billionaires than the other top four billionaire-generating countries combined, but that doesn't mean that all of the richest billionaires in the world live in America. BOXES WE DIGG | SPONSORED How To Find Cool Stuff In 2019 Without Actually Having To Look bespokepost.com Bespoke Post is a subscription club for guys who give a damn. Their monthly boxes introduce you to stuff you've never heard of and didn't even know you wanted: gear, cooking tools, grooming essentials and more. Each is packed with $70+ worth of goods (and often much more). The best part: each box is $45. Free to join, skip any box, cancel any time. NERDING OUT THEFT IS THE PATH TO THE DARK SIDE The $200,000 Toy Heist That Tore The Star Wars World Apart popularmechanics.com In early February 2017, 37-year-old collector Zach Tann would unknowingly set in motion one of the biggest scandals in Star Wars collecting history. THE MAGIC'S GONE Fantasy's Widow: The Fight Over The Legacy Of Dungeons & Dragons kotaku.com Gail Gygax and I were sitting in the living room of a lace-trimmed, flower-filled bed and breakfast in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin when she told me about the time she discovered what she believed was a plot to kill her. IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T REFACTOR IT Calc.EXE Is Now Open Source — There's Surprising Depth In Its Ancient Code arstechnica.com Although it is in some regards one of the most modern Windows applications — it's an early adopter of Fluent Design and has been used to showcase a number of design elements — core parts of Windows Calculator's codebase date all the way back to 1995. VIDEO OF THE DAY GREASE ON, GREASE OFF Carpet Cleaner Melts The Grease Off A Grimy Diner Carpet, And Oh Yes, This Is The Good Stuff digg.com We're not quite sure *why* you'd put carpet down in a restaurant, but we're not complaining since we get to see it cleaned. IN THE NEWS Paul Manafort Sentenced To About Four Years In Prison In Virginia Case Mark Zuckerberg Is Rumored To Have A Secret Escape Passageway Beneath His Conference Room For Emergencies Elizabeth Warren Says She Wants To Break Up Amazon, Google, And Facebook Pedestrian Deaths In US Approach Highest Number In Nearly 30 Years, Study Shows A Wild Interview With R. Kelly's Former Lawyer DIGG PICKS Spring's (Almost) Sprung And That Means Outdoor Fun arcteryx.com This superlight and breathable softshell pullover from Arc'teryx is designed for mountain climbers. It should handle your morning commutes just fine. We may not retire early, but we're planning on treating this weekend like we've moved to a resort town. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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